The Sun. — London, England, 1826-08-16 00:00:00

',afy . x . .a.r):_t::!,' SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. A case came on yesterday in Chancery, which excited a good deal ef'attention in Trinity Tern) last, " dau v. Pater Moore and others," in which, on the advice of " three sir finer of the mou respectable Counsel in Caere," according to the Lord Chancellor, fourteen different (but in fact the urne) answers bud been put in to the plaintiff's bill:andioneteen different (but similarly worded) -schedules had been attached to eaeh. The plaintiff complained. of , the attempt to ruin him, by the expellees of the proceed ings, which this mode of defence imposed on him ; and some very strong observations were made ,on the conduct of the Counsel, by the Lord Chancellor. His Lordship still seemed to insinuate, that " the three or, four of the most respectable Counsel in Court," had, in advising the above course, proved that their consciences were equal to the cerriage of no ordinary " With respect to the fourteen answers put in to the Bill; he never Would (he said) visit upon the Solicitors blame which, if at all, ought to be etticbable; to, the Co use who had signed them." So much for Chancery morality.. But hie Lordship Ali& thecnot only may a plaintiff be baulked by a number of defendantaavailing themeelves of the forms of the Court, to render the proceedings so expensive that he cannot pro ceed, but moreover, that the very circumstance of the ans: possibility of a plaintiff obtaining redress in the Court of Chancery against a number of defendants associated toges titer in an undertaking; from the defeetivenessof Chancery precidure, is si proof of the, illegality of the 'Association.. " if it was impossible' to sue such a-Company as this with' effect, it was a strong proof that a Company so constituted could not be legal.". This is giving us a new edition of Procrustes's bed. Every Association must be chopped down to the precise,,lntp4nde that comports 'with. Chan cery procedure. His Lordship takesgreat credit for hav in warued ~ r oPle against, engag ing in these joint Stock sch• , emes. e remember well the nature of some of his warnings. He actually eonfouhded Joint Stock Companies with monopolies. He hid an idea that these great Com panies wouldingroar the business (if the.tonntry, and leave no employment for persons who did not belong to them, lie did not consider (or rather he did not know) that if joint Stock Companies carried on any business more profitably than smaller Associations,: they would in so far mereaSe the national capital, and consequently in crease the means of giving employment. We observed; however, at the time, that his • alarm was groundless, as with the exception of associations for objects of too great magnitude for individuals, such as Rail-roads, Canals, Bridges, &c., Joint Stock Companies would be losing con cerns. The difference between Joint Stock Companies and monopolies; we observed, was this---that the former could only succeed by adding. to the wealth of the com munity, whereas the latter could only weaved at the ex pence Of the coaurninity. The theoretical views of the tbrAChancellor were so far mischievous, that. from their absurdity, they had it. tendency to render the public less atteetive to the. good sense of the observations ' which his profound : knowledge of the present stateof the law enabled him to make. However, during the mania, it may be questioned whether people were,in a' temper to listen to any caiitione.-e-Morning Chronicle. it is strangsethat so much of our internal trade as con sist)) (if the " selling of poisons" is nOt put ileder some regulation. Every druggist and grocer in this country may-sell the most deadly poisons that the mineral or vege table world produce, with as ;little caution or enquiry-as they dispose of ordinary medicines. Whenever the pre vention of crime can be acted - upon, it is better than its punishment; and therefore' in some countries the selling of poisons was made highly penal,, unless the person who sold thern had taken care toga satisfactory proof they were t a ley were not intended for a criminal .purpose. lit looking over the reports of trial:; for poisooing, and attempts t o poison, at the verious Assize , we aro often astonhed ut th e culpable,carelessness, or stupidity, with which country d rugg ;,sts . or grocers dispose •of arsenic, laudanum, and • ot h er 4 1,4,4 - pious article, to pen4nis . of whom they know ratrtltiu(!, rte 'ivito ask for those things under circumstances that. ought to exolte their suspicion. It seem, 10 lie the gem "; practice, t h a t if a :granger only says lie or she w to arsenic to kill rats, or laudanum for the toothache, e to,- • 7 • • al is considered right, the deathly stuff is sold, and no fur ther inquiries made. Tn, i g norant persons,, iodeed—such as peasants, servants, &c., those things ought never to be sold under, any circumatancee, for they 'are net always aware of their danger, and when, their intention is not criminal, their application of them is , often destructive. It is, in feet, like putting gunpowder in the possession of `C'hild. It is easys: to see how crime it promoted by this open and easy sale of poisons. When a person conceives that nidde of horrible revenge, Which is the most treache rous anti, subtle of all others, does not the readiness with which the fatal material of aboniinable can be pro cured greatly tend to 'fieilitate the crime? Were' it more difficult, there. would be some' time for compunction, or the feat of :consequences to operate, and perhaps teve both the destroyer and the vietim. Another practice greatly to be reprobated is the indiecriminate way in which poi sons a nd e ertain medicines that resemble them are placed together in shqs, and scud by ignorant boys, and some times by women, so that the, one is 'frequently mistaken for the ()these Too often have we to record the unfor tunate instances of people who lose their live s b y this 'predict or are brought into imminent peril • o f losin g `there. ''Persona who deal in such things ought at least to 'ire . that vigilance and caution, widish would prevent them f ro m inflicting calamities on others that are beyond their p o wer to redress.---Moruiree Herald. . , The niettifesto of the .Fairisethr N ieholaf abont the ;n -olo( at Petsirshingli has now been published. There can be but one opinion coneerning the fate which men like,the Russiareconspiratees deserved. It is not by dark tionspis melee that. the istate of nations can be ameliorated ; but by the open and manly, mlOlOOll of just rights. We confess that we should not regret are accouq•lisliment of certain changes in the state of Russia; rind we are .perenaded that the diffusion of that spirit which butt been So grossly Os -directed and ito basely perverted by the Russian conspira tor*, 'will speedily' and quietly effect those alterations, • whiMi . areveeesSary to enable Russia to keep pace with nations. if the conspirators bad aimed at nothing but the establishment of a defined system of law, founded upon the principlese of justice and individUel rights, their object would have been proper and avowable; but to talk of a Republic in Russia, or even of a Ow/eminent like our own, while society is in such a state as it is at .present in that country, is highly ridiculous, not to say trim ctul. - • Too little, attention, is in general paid by those who wish fur the i.tiveneemertt of the cause of rational liberty, ti, the effect whielt the proPagation ofalound print 00es bus upon thp indivicitatis themselves who are placed at tin head of aib,iN. Is is generally sepposed that So yereigne cannot pessibly have tiny feelings but those of hostility ,to the cause of the people ; but the fact is, that Princes. are themselyee,as tum.:lt influenced Eby the state of p u blic opinion as private indieidualS. Those 'who are sensible to flattery must be sensible to Mame; and.even flattery at present ,canuot lie adorioistered with discretion, essetess dashed with a sprinkling of ,fiberelism. The de acesAants Of the Ilattetetis or LOUIS XIV - , would nor preise hi i p re sent successor for his pulacee, hie splendour, his (em power, Or any-or those whje t ,t 4 - w hi 4 :l, quests,liteitheot lute 9 of pretended tabuiratimi dune, used to form, toe tree- , I at 1 4d t 4am ; they would not praise mast:mated conduct in spurre d to dissolve the Parliament of g booted and t hry would not: talk of the revoiettien of the Mi d of Nantes as a meask . fre, "t. r , d o they did panegyric, they would choose such awkward ali•isrer. lie receive( Pt* their objeet, for 'web praiaes wouos ittatilts, as the bitterest of 'ilitrciim% ►as proofs of th e i r the person addressed. contempt for the under let - of Flatterers at this momeut, even in the Court of the Gored e beliberalists, an d serve to Seigoor, m ust in some degre h • w him, inthue the minds of saovereigee . ose r new e- • inter ests ' p of Sovereigea w ill. tend equally to Promote tho mittof rwhieets , In the o f teuseia„ at . no very distant slate before the late reign,' it very certain, that the most s • eel e and the • illiberal pr i ne ip t. pre _ considoed 77t. ~' .Y -.. .; .R . .+` ~,v himself as the master `of "a flack of men, with whOse prOperties, and feelings, he thought himself at liberty to do as he chose, with no consideration whatever but that . of hit own good-will and pleasare. The French Rivolution, and the subsequent conquests of that nation, had one good efieet--they made people and Princes more intimately qtiainted with each other. They forced absolute monarchs to listen to the language of a potentate bred in the 'demo cratic sehool, ,and placing one great support of hie power and one great means of exte»dinghis influence in the ef feet which he calculated on producing on the Minds of the multitude. The praise of the people (not that of emir- tiers) began then to be considered by Princes as true" fame, and riot only as farne; but as poWer; and the only real power' of Sovereigns. The proofs afforded by history showed them that monarais are not' . finally estimated by the opinions of Courtiers or of hired pane- , gyrists, but by: the unbought voice of the people, by whom and fOr whom Kin! , :s reign; and they determined to trust for respect and power' to them Ante, as The real and the only source of their power. In these observations we do not refer to thiS country, whose 'Stivereignii have far more than a century uniformly identified themselves with the people. We refer to. Russia, where, after a long Ourso of deApotisrn, the late Monarch began to labour studiously for . the good of his Country ; and the present testifies a still more decided inclination tei attach himself to public opinion, as the best guard and security of his throne. has shown this by his • anxiety to give pub liCity to the facts which 'rendered the executions at St. Petersburgh necessary, and by the general tone of his state papers on this Subject. The Emperor Paul would never have published a manifesto like that of the EmperOr Ni chOlits.—BritidtPress. LAW INTELUGENCI . COURT OF CHANCERY, Au t I. JOINT STOCK COMPANIES. VAAANDAU V. PErs:a Mooar ANDOTDERS.-1 . 11111 case, it will be remembered, .untleneent a lengthened discussion during the sittings at Westminster,. in Trinity Term last. The plaintiff it a Solicitor, and having purchased' eighty shares in the British Annuity Company (of which the defendants are the Directors), cbmplained of having.been unfairly dealt by, and had tiled his bill, plraying that the Company might be dissolved. No fewer than fOrteen answers had been put in to the bill, all signed by one Counsel. His Lordship had, at the hearing of the case, expressed. an opinion that the suit against so many defendants could not he usefully prosecuted. HEALn taw applied to have tbe,bill dis Missed without pay ment of coats, awl cited a case decided by Lord Tlairlow, in Which such a course had been pursued. I Mr. HART, on the other side, contended that such:a practice Was perfectly novel, and if the ordinary rule were departed front in the present instance, a most dangerous preeederit,would he es tablished. There was no pretence, he submitted, for this appli cation, and the unusual interference of the Court was not to be Called for because Mr. Van:landau happened to have thrust his hand into a hornet's nest. The LORD Cluncam.oa thought a very wide distinction teas to be drawn between the present case and that decided by Lord Thurlow. In the latter case, his Learned Predecessor, he thought, bad done perfectly right in making such an order. With respect to Joint Stock CoMpanies, about which so much bad already been said, both in'Atia out of this Court, he bad already expressed his opinion ; and he always thought that such Companies could only be legally sanctioned with respect to which either the King's Char ter had been granted, or an Act of Parliament obtained. It had, therefore, always been thought salutary, that the King's subjects should know on whom they could effectually depend. There could be no doubt but that there were many bodies of a very uie ful kind, acting in great numbers, who were not bound together either by Act of Parliament or his Majesty's Charter, and these had hitherto had the grind sense to keep their iteStia out of a CoUrt of Justice. These bodies had ken guided by o sort of moral role, and appeared to go on very well; but it was astonishing how many persons 'had blindly enrolled themselves in these Joint Stock CoMpanies, without reflecting, for Ent instant to What they were subjecting themselves, His Lordship then adverted to the measures which had been adopted by Lord Iledesdale, for the purpotie of correcting tim evil so loudly complained of wittt respect to these 'Joint Stock Companies. The first step totearde a remedy Of the evil wad, that each member was vino pelled .to tegister his name in a sort of memorial; hot in many these companies, there ware such a legion of names that this was found to be impossible; then the Secretary or Treasurer of the'comprmy was to be sued in the name of the CoMpany ; but it turned out that sometimes the Secrets' y was not worth one farthing, and nothing was gained by the judgment. Every individual member was then made liable to execution undei the judgment against the secretary, and this was found to succeed ; hut there Was found to he still one thing mote warning, fur, idthough by these means the public could sue a Cenipany ao legally formed, yet there was no mode in which one member could sue another member of the same Colitpany. I.tt the last year this improvement was made: It had been intimated that he (Lord Eldon) kneW nothink ahnut these Joint Stock Companies ; perhaps be 'Might know yeti , little but his object had, at least, been a good one, in endeavouring to warn people of their danker, by engaging in these schemes. What bail caul whenthie Motion was lust beard, and what he now re was tt,i s ....:.th a t if it wia*impossible to sue such a Company as this with effect, it was a strong proof that a Company so constituted could not be legal. 'With respect to the, fourteen answers put into the bill, he never would visit upon the solicitori blame which, if at all, ought :to be attachable to the counsel who had signed them. It appeared that fourteen different (but in fact the saute) answers hail been put in, and fourteen different • (but sitiiilarly worded) *schedules had been attached to each ; arid it also appeared that three or four of the most respectable counsel in Court had stated their express approval of thin Cootie. He hail stated, therefore, that it was impossible to arrive at any satisfactory conclusion. The application now watt' to dismiss the bill without payment of costs. This he could not eionsent to. The bill, how ever, might be dismissed, and Mr. Heald would take nothing by hia motion. LOTU) ROSSICT-61-t-E. The following Is an authorized statement of the affair between Lord Rosemore and the ,Evening Lord Rossmore having mad, a paragraph in the Mail of the id instant, which lie considered as reflecting on friends of his who were out of town, he deemed it' his duty to contradict thin parst-- graph in language,tliat could not be mistaken.—Lord RoSsmore left a copy of his letter at the office of die Ei,eninti Mail, so that the Eil;tor might publish it, or not, as he thought lit. His Lord ship conceived that it 'could be thus ascertained whether the Mail had publialied the paragraph alluded to from authority, or not. Lord Rosaniore having called at the Office on Monday, a person appeared, whom the clerk informed his Lordsbip was the Editor. He invited him to go up stairs, and Lord Rossmore having reived Mr. Thomas, Beaty coming down, and, of course, appre.: bending no foul play, followed the Editor. Upon arriving at the room in which there were two other persons, one of them walked up to his Lordship, and in a moat insolent manner demanded- - . " Why don't you take off your but where gentlemen are present ?" Lord Rossulore perceived that lie was guilty, of error in going into a room where two such gentle Men were, by himself, abut the door quietly on them, and proceeded down stairs. :! The person who had addresatil his Lordship before, disappointed that hil eebenies had f a iled eueeeas, pulled the door open violently, and porineil his Lordship to the head of the stairs, but no farther, calling out, " Be gone, volt scoundrel! I'll kick you &own . etairt, it' you remain another Moment—Ll'll kick you into the street, you somuulrel !" " Kiek•the ruffian into the street," cried one of the toped) , the ti.iliiiirouLgalt,.d'Auillep * c ei le ' s Y ce i) iided the *tiara, bolting the person sttnulily in the fare who Was •thp4 disgracing himself, end only answered, " I wish I bail you in another piace,"-- I)ut/in Prniot. Dr.. Cood en i has be appointed Librarian to the ; IN: Mgt in the room of the late Bishop Jr f.landaff.- The Doctor, like sir Vin. Knighton., has been one of tjtp most suceessful accoucheurs of his time. SLTPERSTITION.—A remarkable instance of It4ni)- ranee And superstition or on Wedneaday se'Buight, at the New Bailey. athletic young mart. about 2 5 Years 0 1 *4ge, was charged by a n ohl wan an d his wife with .having conie t o •th e i r w oe an d violently assaulted theio, particularly the alit woman, whom be had dragged out of the house by her hair. `Elie complain ants were persona of very peculiar a ppearance. Lire Pri"er' an hg'ing aeked the usual question, if be bad any thing to say fiir liiinselt7 did not deny the assault, bu t stated iris ?TWA"' for tti4h/tiy) by h live 11° haii to loknegeleirtilietfinp the e ' t44 : w i ard ' s r . h4 ' th ilt Prit°"e i b t!: ; °s7 i l' e r : h ‘lv ' s t ,: l) ,, t , "' k ).l; ,c', ll , 4 4 l e compannants.— ildpertizer, POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSB.=-Mr. fish; the' lottery office keeper, and M. P., appearedliefore the Loins Mavoa to tinswit a charge' of assault preferred against him by person named, c, J., Willett, who lives at No. 10,, fleeting-house-walk, in the Borough. The prosecutor stated that he gets his living by making patens. He was dragging a truck. across London-bridge, when he suddenly , received a cut across the shoulders from 114. Blab, who was pass ing over the bridge; this was followed by a second cut, for which he Mold ascribe no 'motive, and he inithediately endeavoured to ob tain the defendant's name; the latter, however, drove on, and might have got away but for astoppage. He then came up with the defendant's gig. and laid bold of the rails, but the 'defendant cut him severely, and beat him on the knuckles with the butt-end Of his whip. . The prosecutor then said, that he did then certainly make use of some epithets towards the defendant which he ought not to hare made use of towards such a gentleman, but he Glared he was greatly irritated, and could not help it. A witness, who was at the time a by-stander, declared that this statement was perfectly` correct. - Mr. Bish, who liail'sMiled during the prosecutor's statiinent, sa i d— . wh y , my lord, the fact is, that 1 was going over the .bridge with a spirited horse; there were two lines of carts and carriages, with room enough for me to puss, but this man here, who was following behind a waggon, got out of the rank before me and prevented me passing. I called out to hint repeatedly,' hut lie paid no attention to me,• and I certainly did give him a cut or two, as he states, for my horse MU very spirited, and might have been restive. He afterwards Mlle up, and would have created a deal of disturbance." The prosecutor, who seemed a very peaceably disposed and modest kind of man, here said, be must declare most positively, that he never did draw out of his rank, a n d th a t he could bring , witnesses to . prove tne fact. The Loan MA-iron said; he must believe the complainant's oath in preference to Mr. Bish's statement. Even on Mr. Bish..e own admiasion, his lordship could not help saying that be (Mr. fish) was in the wrong. He should know that even those who dragged trucks were human beings , who were not disiposed to bear quietly s tli i e 6u ai s ip o l f having iastionofnletreitmwthiit.p, espeCially w h en t hey were not con c . Bish.—" Well, my lord, if you think.so, I have no ob jectionmoney that will satisfy him. I would to rather (Io pay thatttolle man get rid any ridof the thing, and not he troubled any more about it." Ifs Lordship assented, and Mr. fish nodded to Mi.. Carter, his solicitor, who retired with the prosecutor. Mr. fish left the Justice-room, and as the parties were not seen again there, it is to be presumed that the case was settled. A Lancashire man, named Dolphin, was charged by the land lord of a public-house at sparrow-corner, with having ,stnlen large table, which is capable of accommodating ten persons. The landlady said, that whilst Ole waS . busy attending to her customers; she was surprised by the information that one of her largest and best tables had disappeared.' On looking out, she saw the prisoner making off under the cumbrous load. Ile was pur si►e4 and brought back with it. All in the house marvelled how he had got it out. It was nearly 100 weight, and extremely cum bersome. The prisoner, who, in appearance, was a sort of Bardolph character, put on a droll countenance, and said, " A a'm fro Lancashire, my Lord: an when • 4 get a drop o'drink or so, a'm fond. o' . frolicksome tricks. There was a chap wi' me that loikes a'bit a mischief—and, at we seed 'cm busy wi' cuttoiners, lie put it into my yead ii) nip oft' the' cable,' yet to see what they'd say when they saw it was gone. It was only a bit of a drunken joke, my Lord." . . . The Loan Mavoit said, they did not comprehend such jokes in London. . The laudladp shook her head at the prisoner's defence, and said, that he had taken no liquor, and ehoived no.syMptoMs of drunk enness before he made cif; but when he was brought back, and an i)fticer sent for, he pretended to he in liquor," and was exceedingly jocular.' The. Prisoner.—l declare on my word; : my Lord, it was only a loke ; if I had intended to ideal it, I should have taken a more private opportunity to get it off. The L oan AIAYOR.--=According to'your own account, you got a favourable opportunity; for they were all engaged, and you were not seen to go out with it. A jury of twelve men must decide on the probability of your story. . " A jury !" exclaimed the pristmer, *hose inhicond countenance underwent a remarkable change of colour upon the information, ' "yon will be hardly so severe." The Loan Micron examined him is to his means of . getting liei,libood, which appeared by anesum said lie itealt in stationery, hot could give no account of his stuck in trade ; neither would lie he explicit all tO his last residence. lie was fully committed to take his trial for the capital offence, and he was led away exHaiming against the cruelty of putting him in rid' jeopardy, for what he still persisted , in saying was no more than.a joke, GUILMIALL.-:4-A Nfell-dressed young inn, who gave his name as John Jiadluw, IttaS, brought before Mr. Alderman ANSLEY yesterday, charged with endeavouring to obtain charitable contributions under a false representation, froM the Rev. Mr. Barham, the rector of St. Mary Magdalen: . The prisoner said, he was really starving. His uncle, Mr. Iladlow, a respectable member of .the Stock Exchange, could tes tify that lie was the individual he represented himself to be ; but he was afraid. all his.friends,would turn their backs on him, in consequence ef.his disregard of their advice. Mr. Alderman ANSLEY remanded the prisoner, that his friends might be made acquainted with his Situation. . Our reporter obtained a peep into the prisoner's manuscript; which set forth, in continuation of what he had stated, that he arrived'at Cambridge on a Tuesday morning, and represented he was about to be entered as a private pupil s ; and by the following Monday morning the tradesmen bad given, him credit to the amount of 401. Ile meant to print one of his manuscripts ; but on the latter: morning one of his fiats ascertained that he was not entered : his creditors swarmed about hint, and be was obliged to return their property, and fly from the place. He then travelled on foot to Scotland, subsisting by selling ;a' few trifles, and-occa sionally writing sermons for fox-hunting clergymen, who were too idle to write one fur themselves. Ile. traversed Sentient), visited Ireland, returned to England, and was thrown into the House of 'Correction, as a sespicious character, at Aahbourn, in Derbyshire, upon his liberation from which be had continued his travels uninterrupted, till he unfortunately knocked at the. Rev. llf r. Barhara's door. BOW-STREET..--Hekit Singfeting; an extremely clecent well looking young woman, was brought up for final examination, 'charged with having robbed her muter, Mr. Barnaby Dunn, a glass-manufacturer in the Haymarket, of six cut decanters, value U. 17S. . William Biggins, late a street-keeper in'the Haymarket, was „ L . alsocharted as it parliceps eromnas. the l rt e bb M ery ag : s a t ta ra t t i e ng " , itYl,(a'°tltiliftitediggithise girl Sclienagiryoinnotlovpdrtisomlliaf‘viel. &undyed ut the felony, he should also be committed unlesit he could procure satisfactory bail. John Harney, .john Dews, Henry Brooks, and John Baron, were severally charged With having couimitted a riot anti 1185litilt in the house of Rebecca Taker, the keeper of a notorious brothel, No. 18, George street, Adelphi. 'The filmier, John Harvey, a young man fashionably dressed and of gentlemanly' appearance, appeared in person, to answer the charge; the othee defendants were represented, by, 4 solicitor who attended on their 6hEar. It appeared that, on the night of the 2il of August last the de fendants earns - in a body to the residence of Mrs. Tucker, •and having gained adigliohm, they bolted up stairs to the drawing room, and taking some wine from a cupboard, they proceeded to regale themselves 'without ever &moulting the wishes of the mis tress of the mansion, or even asking her to join them in a glaso of 11 r'own Wine. On being remonstrated with as to the im j'propriety of their conduct, one of the party immediately knocked down the mistress, and :the .servant-maid having conic to her as sistance, Was also' laid low by thetioughty champions, who soon after. decamped. Tha r p ers ons, however, being known, Mrs. Tucker, aft.er some trouble, amended in obtaining their names, and she was thus enabled "in procure a *mullions. A sort of compromise was 'then enier, , d into, and the parties appeared r . edyes for - terday the purpose of h av ing the summons di " s h a r d gt: did Mr, MiNsunt4, after observing that in his opinion gentle men hail been guil ty of a very s candalons riot, said wile to throw anry iyobsititiacel4notthhe6i.why would miadjustment,- idittonee a ti n is ti mi i s f s the olet The parties then retiredlor a few moments, hut Mrs. Tucker , again presented. herself to the Pitagistrate, stating thatibe wa-s by no means satisfied, as the defend - ants , would not a ll ow her the axpetute of the tionnunns. The solicitor here stepped forward and laid, that firs. 'rock e r had received , it sovereign, and her ser vant another, in order to compensate them thoralteged ansault, but the former was not satisfied. • Mr: MI N u a eeryseandaloushosuness altogether., to net lit litre to comp o und afflict% hut to adinMilaterrjr"" e , ",,; and, elute mention has b e en made of monethiving heenllve" this woman, 1 desire that it may be immediately given back to tne owner, u I am now determined to go into the assault, and hear the parties upon oath. Mrs: Tucker then gave up the sovereign, and repeated the. facts "of the assault as we have mentioned them above. She said that two of the absent, parties were guilty of the outrage, but she had no distinct charge to prefer against Mr. Harvey, who was present to answer the complaint. Mr. Mixits II LI.. --I must again repeat that this is a very shame ful piece of business. Had the defendants been poor men, instead of being rich, and holding the rank of gentlemen, they, would hive been sent to gaol, and prosecuted for the assault; but as it is, the complainant was willing to listen to a compromise, which his only been defeated by her being too anxious to make themost she could of the folly and indiscrimination of the defendants. I . shall discharge this gentleman, who slid not appear to have-any share in the proceedings; but , I shall:suspend the summons until the other defendants appear to answer it. Mrs. Tucker, who was evidently much mortified at the turn which the case had taJcen, forgetting that she had already said she bad no charge to bring against Mr. Harvey, turned round, as he was about to leave the office, and charged hint with twisting the knocker off her hall-door. . . . Mr. Harvey, however, stated, that the complainant referred to a circumstance of several months ago, and that he had replaced the knocker-to which she had alluded. Mr. Mnssuni.s..—The ease is dispose,i of, Sir, as far as con... cerns you.—The parties then left the office. MARLBOROUGH-STREET.—Yesterday Mr. George Cum mins Osborne, a gentleman residing at No. 125, Piccadilly, was brought before Sir GEORGE TARRANT, the Magistrate, upon a warrant, charged with assaulting a young female in his service. Maria Cooper, the female in question, a very pretty, interest ing-looking girl, stated that she had been a short time only in the service of Mr. Osborne, hut short as that time was, she felt a strong inclination not to prolong further the period of her servitude with that Gentleman, and therefore, for reasons unnecessary to state, she determined on quitting the honse, but on communicating her intention to Mr. Osborne, he flew into a desperate passion, struck her a How with s. jug, which cut her arm, shoved her down a flight of stairs,' and; in fine, pushed her violently into the street. Mr. Osborne was going. into a long history of real or imaginary sklin quencies on the part of the complainant, but the Magistrate told bins that he must confine himself to the charge of assault, which Mr: Osbarne.not being able to deny in a sufficient manner ? he was ordered to find bail, or settle the matter with the girl. He adopted the latter course, by giving her a pecuniary compensation, and was discharged: HATTON-GARDEN.Yeaterday a well-dresred and inte= resting-looking young girl, named Susan Chapman, who has been in:custody some dam on a charge of robbing her master, Mr. Mattison, who keeps the Skinners' Arms public-house, Coburg-street, Clerkenwell, was brought up liar final examination. She Was HOW iibkra what she had to say to the charge, and was so deeply affected as to be -unable to reply further than that she would leave her defence in the hands of her solicitor.—She was committed for trial. MARYLEBONE OFFlCE—Yesterday, Sarah Cuzer, a re tailer of water-creases in the. village of Ps.ddington, was brought up by William Betty, a Marylebone constable, charged with steal ing 19 sovereigns and 18 shillings from Sarah Bunning. Sarah Bunning, of No. 10, Duke-street, Liston-green, stated, that one day, about three month* since, under an impression that her apartments might be robbed, she took the money above mentioned from her box,, and put it into her pocket ; afterwards thinking some one would pick her.pocket, she tied it up in the corner of a shawl, which she wore on the road to No. 4, Devon shire-street. Not knowing the way, the prisoner carne up to her, near the Coach and Horses, in the Edgeware-road, and offered to conduct her. After walking Is short distance together, the prisoner imitated the shall front her shoulders, 'and ran away. She never saw the prisoner before nor since, until yesterday morning. The money was a .part of 48/. saved by her while she was in the ser vice . of her annti.With iThom she lived 'l2 yeart.• She has en deavoured,fer the last three years to subsist by working lace veils ; but could not accomplish it, without sinking nearly 301. of her savings.—The prisoner was remanded until Thursday. Thomas Wearer, the young man who was remanded on Wed • nesday, on a charge of robbing hie employer, Mr. Hates, of Thayer street,' was committed to Nawgate. A letter directed to the pri soner, dated'froth no place, signed "Jas. Baldwin," came by' post' since Wednesday to Mr. Bates's house, unsealed. The prisoner said he knew no such person as James Baldwin, and the Magi strate 'considered it inadmissible as evidence. Air. 'Hanna* Woods, of No. 25, Weymouth-street, a tailor, gave evidence; but the trantaction, in the artituation of the Ma. gistrates, amounted to fraud, not felony. • 9_llusfi. _ Ow Tuesday last the Philidorian watch was played at Bristol, by Mr. Keen, of the Middle Temple, against Mr. Riddle and Mr. Jaikes, of the city of Bristol. Mr. Keen played two games at the same time, one of them without. seeing the pieces, , giving the fur ther advantage of the pawn and move in the game which he played seeing the pieces. He won both game,. " The following were the principal inerig Mode in the game played without seeing the Hoard :* Kittor.,-• 1. King's Pawn,. two squares. RIDDLs. .--. The same. . .. - 2. King's. Bishop's Pawn, two squa r es . The Pawn takes the Pawn. S. .King's Knight to King's Bishop's IMO square. Kiog's : Kniglit's Pawn, two squares. ... . _ 4. King's Bishop to Queen's Bishop's fourth square, King's Knight's Pawn, one square. 5. Castles, The Pawn takes the• Knight. 6. The Queen takes the Pawn. King's Bishop to Queen's Bishop's fourth, cheek . '7. Queen's Pawn, two squares, Bishop takes pawn, checking. • 8. , :King to his Rook's square. Bishop to King's fourth square. 9. Queen's Bishop takes the Pawn. Queeh to:King's Bishop's third square. JO. The Bishop takes the Bishop. Queeil takes 'Queen. 'll. King's Book takes Queen. King's Bishop's Pawn one square. 19. Bishop takes Queen's Bishop's Pawn. . Queen's. Knight to Queen's Bishop's third square. 13. Queen', knight to Queen's BishoVe third square. Queen's Knight to adVerse Queen's fourth sqnare. 14. King's Rook to- King's Bishop's second square. Queen's. Knight to King's third, square. 15. Queen'S Bishop to King's Knight's third square. Queen's,Pawn, one square. 16: queen's Bishop takes the Pawn. Queen's Bishop to Queen's second square. 17. King's• Pawn, one square. King's Bishop's Pawn takes the Pawn. 18. Bishop takes the Knight. Bishop takes Bishop. 19. King's Rook to adverse King's Bishop's square, checking. King to Queen's second. 20. King's Rook takes Queen's Rook. King takes the Bishop. 21. Queen's Rook to Queen's square, checking. King to his second square. 22. Queen's Rook tq adverse Queen's square. Queen's Rook's Pawn one square. c - 23, Queen's Kuight,'A.Pawn,one square. King's Rook's Pawn two squares. , 24. Queen's Knight to King's fourth square. 25. B Q is uee hof i, . s to nA t k ing to 's a, l i l v is e ig' K s ig u r si ll l sq l ' u l, u r a 4 ::: !bee - king. King to King's Bishop's won! square. 26. Knight w t i o nw. sdverse Queen's t h ird' square, c h ecking; and Ancinuty._The.:liecon d mee ting of w t . heLi i e te i n e t ilur a d ta. Hereford shire Bowmen took place at Oakley Park, near Ludlow, ate Shat of the Hon. Robert Clive, IVT.P., on Thursday.. The company waS numerous, and the shooting was at ntarget di yards distilce p T x h v i te s , lt i itlilletlizilia;it, tpl,foi•titiirwitlialorlyvibitynetsisetedlaittl,ivar, ' coneideriug the dis tance, On theyonchision of the " pastime" t h e eom , down to dinner, which by the, udicious rules of the soei!t a y ilY‘ s'4 sists of sold meat, where mirth and wit enlivened the hoard,.icunt : l i e :after their remaining t:nodise,ailteatirecnonfxdatiltiintlil,Cedfesratiivni,timtheofutliTeoutlisnyg. se eTg. not reollime j , Herefordshire militia attended, and added ti,•the. The. hand 0 f th e evening. .At a tar, haw' the company sepa l - a t i easuree of the ei , delighted with 'the lesipitaltle attention of the Hon, m e. a Bishop's Hull ordereo ci: e p .— tirip s: t 7 b bi . :::::o i n , Last, week a gentleman at i n ii d ng i :i B n dr th fr el e v n t r it i e e r t u t r v ir al f . o t t n 6f e ' a i n i z t o : i t r h' ey ll , : r i e lit t ' i h ir t o htle ' they were swollen to double cru on a neighbouring dunghill, W. b ll t l i i i e h n r ; i t t i l l; e it Y u tl i : u t s : e g f r ur e rea - e t - 0 7l ivey iea l' t te .o f . Afle the r w e a s arena ris : en t itoi great loy:urdeirc;wqv recovered it i p e wfYfrr. aela r dnn a till o s: i c i tst : 1 11: L etb:lee .: I: LT n 7 t r ii i n ri o °l liiirrift;l;ailtiloll‘rir/vieediMennfidqediaeanutt.:el.(riutgr7o:fn;:il MEETINGS OF CREDITORS. LONDON. DIARY, Fatuay, AUGUST. ie. (At the Court of Commissioners.) 0 . J. Allistone, Waltham-abbey, shop-keeper:. . it " Baker and 'Abram% Nicholas-lane, wine-merchants J. Baldwin, Chobham, butcher S. Buckingham, St. Martin's-le-Grand, boot-mr......... 10 J. R. and Butler, Austinfriars, merchants. ' 1 D. and D. Cole, Mark-lane, brandy-merchants. J. Crossthwaite,. Fen church-street, wine-merchant lt R. Darvill, Cockhill, Rattily , cheesemonger E. Gander; iledford,place, Commercial-road, brazier T. Gibbons, jun. Wells, merchant lO S. Gould, Isleworth, calico-printer 11 W. and H. Hart,. Holborn-hill, linen-d raper* ............... W. Haaelwood, Stratford, stationer R. B. Hawes, Horsley-stmt, Walworth, carpenter ......... 12 W. Hill; Ohi Ford, miller ll 11 J. H. Hole, Highbary-terrace, surgeon Humphreys and Bailey, Sire.lane, drysalter. G. Jell, Crown-court, Broad-street, merchant 10 W. Knight, Holloway, broker J. F. LarelL Portland-street, Walworth, cheeternouger S. Lyon, Ironmonger-street, Stamford, feather-dealer 11 J. G. Moojen, Mark-lane, merchant T. E . and Cambridge, bookseller dT. Neale,lVo o t k to seile n-U rl aderedge, clothiers ll J. Offor, 0 W. Porker, Vigo -street, St. James's, jeweller .... . . D. Pinner°, Charlotte-street, Fitzroy-square, eoat-mercliallt 10 G. and H. Poore, Pavement, MoorSehls, b reec hee-makers.- J. Sanabury, Stoke Newington, builder ................. .. ..• 1 ° J. E. Sparrow, Bishosgate-street, ironmonger ...... . . Bishop It T. Shepherd, Brighton, jeweller T. W. Smith, Fenchurch-street, watchmaker E. B. M. M. and E. Skelton, Southampton, stationer* .•••" 1.1 Sayer and Gardner, Great Tower-street, grocers .. . 1! R. Stangroona, Perceval-titreet, Clerkeuwell, plumber J. and S. B. Searle, Saffron Walden, bankers ............... C. Score, Austin-friars, scrivener .. ....... . ....... . .... . J. Sprigg, Driny-lane, leather-seller W. Skinner, Hatton-garden, apothecary Thorrington and Roberts, City-road, w ine-merchante. 11 P. and C. A. Thompson, Tom's Coffee-house,wine-inerellants 11 E. Trott, Stepney, scavenger ... 10 •E. Thomas, Cherry-garden-greet, master-mariner........... • 1 2 H. Thomas, Noble-strtet, Clreapside, tea-dealer ..... ..• 11 J. Tyrrell, StainfOrd-street, and Alitchlui, dyer........... ... 44.-- Waters, Gravesend, boat-budder ........................... _! B. Wised ill, Prospect-place, Surrey, jeweller ..... ............ ! T. Wilson, White Conduit - fields , oilman .... ....... . ....... 'l'. Wilkinson, West-square, underwriter .... .. . .•• COUNTRY DIARY. sr J. Atkinson, Liverpool, at the George, Liverpool ....•••••'•' .! R. Bolton; Liverpool—George, Liverpool ............... . ..... C. Carnes, Liverpool—George, Liverpool ..................... it! J. Couplantl, Liverpool—George, Liverpool ................. . 11. T. Edwards, Halstead—White Hart, Backing ••• ............ I Sir W. C. Fairlie, Liverpool—George, Liverpool ............ yq H. Faitclough, Ilindley—Lion, Liverpool ....... . ............. W. Germain, Bath—Christopher, Bath .• • J..llotigeson, Bath—lir. Else's, Bath ... i Johnson and Manley, Whitellaves--Liol, ts ve n ...... e T. Mills, (;ockfield—Six Bella, Bury .. J. Pearce, Bristol—Mr. Cooke's, Bristol ... 10 W. Pickering, Worcester—Lion, Worcester ..• 11 G. Priestley, Leeds—Court-house, Leeds ......... .......... . J. H. Stobbs, M Nue hester W kite's, Blancher ter ............ S. Whale, Lydcomb--Latub, Bath ..• I I 'IHE MARKETS. (From the .New London Price Current of yeste rdso the Corrox-There is a steady demand for Cotton, but holders meet the demand readily, there is not : the slightest /s i r , g tion in the prices; the purchase fur the week, ending list inclusive, are about 1,500 hags. The particulars sir -- ` l "' A ra, 1,050 Surat, 41a. to 504250 Bengal, 4id: to 514146" ginq 911 to 9/41.; 40 l'ernamb 10d.; 50 Bowed, tiid. to 141., paid ; 30 Demerara--Cottons are inquired after , and look I"' we think..---Surattare id. higher. to a'. P er Corext.-British Plantation Coffee gave . way 21 . , o go cent. last week ; the Foreign cold rather higher. St. lloa . good ordinary sold 475. did. to 4As. 6d. The Coffee AfarketL''' very brisk this morning on account of the favourab le repose' b, Flanders, llaniburgli, and Holland; at the latter the 9,0, 0 0 0, at public sale went off freely at higher price s , the market o , a , t- of sequence full, 2*. per cwt. higher, particularly tit. poln 4 ibe which there are few sellers ; 501. realised fur two Fact 114 ,,,,,, r y" public sale to-day, 85 casks 129 bags, sold briskly • good c ° '" ) •- , Jamaica 52e. 6411, One ordinary 595. to 595. rid:; "' timer/. 34 dling'Denierara 67a. .TXA.-Twankay and Hyson common sell rather higher. 1" , SUGAL-The demand for Nl useova d es l ast wee k pas - ,• alteration in the pri ces . The l as t' parcel r t ,rd ritius Sugar was brought forw ar d on Friday , °°° " l- '01,; 1,644 bags ; the whole eold freely-the yellow 055. to to*' 0 , 3 , the dry brown 52*. t 0.645. ; & 00t) top 50*. There was to altvr i : l, : ; in the prices. The sale. of MUSVOYAIIe to-day are 1, the prices are rather high er . Th e p u bli c s ale of lisrbsa'l, - b a l off freely at advancing, pri ces . Th e requ est for refined t",;, 1 ,,, r been considerable, and there is new few. goods left for ,41e. t he is a good demand for Low Lumps for export and cruallieg; is , grocers also purchased considerable parcels of the fine go' 4 "': u utt able for tbe home consumption of the country. 10 ° Iatw i ithrr week 255. The Refined Market is again brisk, andlo , f; zoo 4o higher. Molasses 255. to 251. 6d. The purchasers ~,,,1 0 41 Sugars lately have been inconsiderable. It is reported Oa" of White Havannah is sold at .40s. we l e a k, s h H ut il i a t ° h v as is ag ic*l ai s n - en Ti tire r ly e tits., and is very scarce, and every probability that it vri t higher. In Butters there is little alteration. Tobacco.--The purchases of Tobacco for the vo"ek night, are extensive; We estimate the quantity chsagil 4 , ll a er 1000 hhds., of which about half are for export, the ° ' lo l,, so portion taken by the trade and by speculators. ' lll . Virginia Tobaccos front Sid to sa. s w itb as siti s e o d ru . e sfieuoculnatbiossii ;liol'ehirctaivitigol Ott.s.ninon Oils are in good demand. higher. r SaLteXTSIL -By public sale on Friday , 2,962 ha•-• fi r 4 'O O refraction fit all sold at 191. 6d. cols Iwojno.-The demand continues general ; picked Ps r sl at a premium-of hid . 'on the India House sale, th 6 t' t r, frio 34, .presnium. A small public sale of 90 dist" r e alised an advance on the India prices, of 6d. per lb. 0 4 . 0 Rust, 13RA 111 DT, and FIor.I.ANDIr.-The Rum inarks t e or to attract great attention from the number of ahiPP ig „, °‘ coa uji ! ' executed, and the probability of another Gaysrou l , cv- t hoUgb, The purchases last week *era 'extensive, and yesteruaY'i ores: a market day, considerable sales were effected • 2 t° of, . wards sold prices . 2hi R. 1 tler ,ailOr •• --arce.y any parc.,s un under that p. 'rh e Ni l es o f fi ne f e r home , r ts • al non, were sotonstderable, chiefly 29 to 8 2 4 av L i bles "at Ss. 3d. per imperial gallon. Brandy is nearly woes" Ot• count of the favourable reports of the vintage in Ers n ee. sells at 2s. 3d. to 2s . 4d. per imperial . ga on. pe r p$ EXTRAORDINA It FECUNDITY .--A bet' states, .that the wife of a baker at 1 4 °119 if P te :, delivered of seven ; children. Her tleliverY r 0 0 1 .3 ' f mature . (being in the fifth month of her P cS re§ o po ‘.) but six of the cliildr 1. " . en were Prn 4 1 " it te them, however, survived' their birth inany iV to, BIRTHS.'" I ,l' (io the 14th inst., at her brother's hou*e, Alva" . Seed Oar 44104ie terrace, King's-road, I%Ers. Carr, of a dauglltcr* p 4a On the llth i ns t., the lady of William *Sargettl , Bry.anstone-square, of a daughter.. On,the 15th instant, at Richmond, the lady " f Llof ward Serocold Pearce, 44f a rural. On the 14th inst., at Lavender-hill, the lad " f C4irhY >. Esq., of a daughter. Gr f x a i r . ;slo ut t n tr i : h e o nteee f r 6 4l, : t t ir4,4 1 h r i i . tis Hught t i s s; t ioosr Amelia, fourth dattg ~~ L wt tontine. or , Lambeth. 0° of aged 64. M . P . , 11 1 . ° the O c n it3 th ,. e ter l r 3 a t t l , inst ci . ty , . 4. .Te mi tu d i:n a a ge , t d l7 4s w . We of Pa ii..a tricl r . On the 15Qt inst., after a long and painfio , W4 B thee/ louse, in Upper Clayton, Mr. George Co"' 1. 40 111 Wel t , the V is th il itli tu ti ear .f . obn Lloyd, Esq., of 1,1 10 V: v. 04 the 14th inst., Elizaheth, second &ugh"' Saundra, of Wansield, F. es. , 401 Printed and PabliA• 4 l ii l4l ` a; 111. Plc °II Strand.